Projects & Practice

Revitalising a declining rural community by developing a sustainable ecovillage through learning and networking. 

Support from the Swedish Rural Development Programme helped improve accessibility for visitors in a restored municipal nature reserve.

Piloting a tool that helps assess the impact potential and necessary points of improvement of LEADER projects, already during the project’s application phase.

A sports club used RDP support to renovate its facilities and offer a space that contributes to the integration of immigrants in the local society.

A project that supports the integration of young immigrants into Swedish society and is organised by young immigrants themselves.

At a time when news reporting is often controlled by a few, large media channels, a LEADER project gave voice to small local communities.

A small successful food market initiative in Sweden used EAFRD funding to help migrants develop their skills, find employment and set up their own business.

A Finnish NGO used EAFRD funding in a transnational project to exchange and develop best practices for integrating immigrants and refugees in rural areas.

A very small island in Sweden used EAFRD support to broaden the range of services offered by a village shop by building a café area and a kitchen.

A series of locally organised music festivals to promote social cohesion, youth engagement and community spirit.